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4263 results for: Keyword - J
We found 2783 matches on Roles/Actors, 876 matches on Performance Comments, 447 matches on Event Comments, 94 matches on Performance Title, and 12 matches on Author.

3751
15 April 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Lowe. Tickets deliver'd for Macbeth will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17611229.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performance Comment: As17610919. *uÃÔdl TThe Farmer's Return from London. (by Particular Desire) As17620329.

3752
20 April 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vernon, who humbly hopes her friends will excuse the change of the farce, as it proceeds from an unforeseen Accident, the indisposition of Mr Mattocks. [She had scheduled Thomas and Sally.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17610924.

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Performance Comment: As17610921, but Duke-Perry.

Dance: II: The Taylors, as17620107

Song: I: (By Particular Desire) a Hunting Song in Apollo and Daphne-Mrs Vernon in the character of Diana

3753
27 April 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green, Miles, and Sga Maranesi. Tickets deliver'd for The Pilgrim, as also those by Miss Sledge, will be taken. Mainpiece for last time this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17610924, but Mrs Peachum-Mrs Copin; Diana Trapes-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: Coupee-Shuter; Quaver-Mattocks; Blister-Marten; Wormwood-Davis; Goodwill-Redman; Thomas-Perry; Miss Lucy-Mrs Green.

Dance: I: The Cossacks-Sg and Sga Maranesi, as17601014; II: The Taylors, as17620107; End Opera: A Minuet-Sg and Sga Maranesi

3754
12 May 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Holtom, Buck, Young. No Building on Stage. Tickets deliver'd for the Prophetess will be taken. Being positively the last time of performing it (Beggar's Opera) this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17620427 but Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Polly-Miss Miller, first time; Diana restored. Hornpipe-Mlle Capdeville; Country Dance-Characters of the Opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Farmer Deceivd

Performance Comment: As17620428.

Dance: II: The Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

3755
21 September 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Vernon-Macheath, 1st time; Mr Parsons-Filch, Mrs Parsons-Mrs Peachum (Cross Diary). Mr William Parsons came with Mr James Love from Edinburg, and Made his first appearance on the stage in London this evening; He died of an asthma on Tues. 3 February in the severe winter of 1795, and was buried in the churchyard of Lea-Church near Blackheath in Kent; he was in his 60th year (Macmillan [Hopkins MS Notes]). Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 19 Oct. 1759.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon, 1st appearance on the English Stage these 5 years; Beggar-Castle; Lockit-Bransby; Player-Mozeen; Lucy-Mrs Clive; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Parsons, 1st appearance; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Mrs Vincent; Peachum-Moody; Mat@o@Mint-Blakes; Filch-Parsons, 1st time; In Act III,Hornpipe-Miss Dawson; To conclude with a Country Dance-.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Vernon; Gayless-Ackman; Guttle-Phillips; Cook-Mozeen; Trippit-Marr; Kitty Pry-Mrs Bennet; Melissa-Mrs Lee.

Dance: End Opera: A Dutch Dance-Vincent, Sga Giorgi

3756
23 September 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17620921, but Peachum-Yates.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Obrien; Flash-King; Loveit-Packer; Puff-Moody; Jasper-Ackman; Tag-Mrs Bennet; Miss Biddy-Miss Pope.

3757
01 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. To Begin exactly at Six o'Clock. [The earlier opening hour continues.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17620923, but Beggar-Burton.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Palmer; Lucinda-Miss Baker; In which will be introduc'd a Minuet-Noverre, Miss Baker.

3758
04 October 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Collins; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Holtom; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Player-Hull; Beggar-Bennet; Ben-Wignel; Dreary-C. Smith; Twitcher-Redman; Drawer-Perry; Lucy-Miss Poitier; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Ferguson; Mrs Vixen-Mrs Evans; Jenny Diver-Mrs White; Suky-Miss Sledge; Molly Brazen-Miss Helm; Doxey-Miss Davis; Dolly-Miss Cokayne; Diana Trapes-Mrs Copin; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Pitt; Polly-Miss Brent; Hornpipe-Miss Poitier; Country Dance-the Characters in the Opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: As17620929.

3759
18 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. All's Well oblig'd to be deferr'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17621001, but Beggar-Castle.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: As17621015.

3760
29 October 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17621004, but Player-Anderson; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17621019.

Dance: II: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

3761
30 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Havard; Ferdinand (with proper Song)-Vernon; Stephano-King; Trinculo-Yates; Caliban-Blakes; Hymen-Lowe; Ceres-Mrs Vincent; Miranda-Mrs Palmer; Ariel-Miss Young (with proper songs); With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits, a Pastoral Dance proper to the Masque,-Vincent, Sga Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: As17621027.

3762
09 November 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17621030.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Performance Comment: As17621105.

3763
13 November 1762 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera, music by several celebrated Composers. With new Cloaths, new Decorations, and new Dances. Pit and Boxes put together, and no Persons to be admitted without Tickets, which will be delivered that Day, at half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. By Their Majesties Command no Persons whatsoever to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor into the Orchestra. Gallery, Pit and Boxes will be opened at Five; To begin at 6:30. [Prices, terms of admission, and time repeated in subsequent bills.] Subscription Money to be paid to Andrew Drummond and Co. Bankers, or to Mr Crawford, Treasurer, for Silver t ickets. Signor Giardini the principal serious singer has arrived, and serious opera will begin as soon as possible (Public Advertiser). [Signora Mattei was again the promoter of Operas this season; Crawford the Treasurer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3764
20 November 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17621018, but Beggar-Burton; Player-Castle.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Performance Comment: As17621105.

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd The Lilliputian Fisherman-Miss Froment (her 2nd appearance on this Stage)

3765
20 November 1762 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3766
27 November 1762 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3767
29 November 1762 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3768
06 December 1762 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3769
20 December 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17621120, but Peachum-Love.

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Performance Comment: As17621216.

3770
20 December 1762 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3771
01 January 1763 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3772
15 January 1763 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3773
24 January 1763 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3774
14 February 1763 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

3775
19 February 1763 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. A new serious Opera. Music by Bach

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orione O Sia Diana Vendicata

Performance Comment: Several vocal and instrumental performers are engaged for the performance of this opera which will be decorated with new Scenes, Cloaths, and new Dances. Enopian-Gaetano Quilici; Orion-Domenico Ciardini; Retrea-Livia Segantini; Candiope-Anna Lucia d'Amicis; Argia-Giovanni Carrignani; Nice-Clementina Cremonini; Thirsis-Giuseppe Giustinelli; Diana-Marianna Valsecchi; Mercury-Giovan Battista Zingoni; Dancers-Gallini, Mlle Asselin, Binetti, Sga Binetti (Libretto of 1763).